TX. Vines High School fights lead to student arrests

Vines High School will have a police presence on Monday after a series of fights last week that led to student arrests.

School officials said one incident happened Wednesday followed by another one on Friday. That fight led to the arrest of an unknown number of students.

A verbal war on Twitter led to a brawl between students at a Plano high school last Friday and has landed two teens in juvenile lockup.

The district and police are concerned battles brewing between students could boil over again. With that in mind, police stepped up patrols at Vines High School to prevent more fallout.

“The two girls were kind of like enemies,” said Vines freshman Kiyava Deville.

“The two girls involved had been fighting for a while. It had never gotten to this point,” said Kiyava’s mom, Mandy Deville.

According to Plano police, the Twitter war escalated with students posting encouragements on the girls fighting. On Friday, the talk turned physical when friends of the girls got involved. Police said a teen boy was arrested for assaulting a teacher and a teen girl was arrested for assaulting a police officer who presumably tried to step in to stop the fight and got caught up in the melee.

The district isn’t taking any chances and hired on extra officers Monday.

Police don’t have any indication that any students were injured.

Police told NBC 5 that they’ll have extra officers at the school as long as there’s a threat of more fights.

Plano police said more arrests are possible and that the investigation is ongoing.

Principal Shauna Koehne sent home a letter to parents reassuring them that no weapons were displayed by students or police during the incidents. Officers were called to the school to help manage the situation, and two police officers will be assigned to the campus Monday. Koehne stressed that officials do not tolerate an environment of bullying, fighting or threats of any nature.

“We remind and empower students to recognize and immediately report any inappropriate activities that they witness or experience–and never hesitate to seek the assistance of an adult,” she wrote. “Students should also understand the consequences related to their conduct.”

 

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